Budget transfer from Central Contingencies to Constitutional and Community Affairs Department and Law Officers Department: Financial Crime Enforcement

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A decision made on 19 May 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2017-0062
Decision Summary Title:	Funding from Contingency for Financial Crime Enforcement		Date of Decision Summary:	15th May 2017
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Funding from Contingency for Financial Crime Enforcement		Date of Written Report:	15th May 2017
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt Article 42
Subject: A non-recurring allocation of up to £870,744 per year from Central Contingencies in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 to the Constitutional and Community Affairs Department (CCA) and Law Officers’ Department (LOD) revenue heads of expenditure for Financial Crime enforcement, plus an increase in staffing levels in those departments for the years 2017 to 2019.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a non-recurring allocation of up to £870,744 per year from Central Contingencies in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 to the Constitutional and Community Affairs Department (CCA) and Law Officers’ Department (LOD) revenue heads of expenditure for Financial Crime enforcement, plus an increase in staffing levels in those departments for the years 2017 to 2019. The Minister further approved an increase in staffing levels of 7.0 FTEs in the Constitutional and Community Affairs Department (CCA) and 5.0 FTEs in the Law Officers’ Department (LOD) for the years 2017 to 2019.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure to heads of expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The current Contingency Allocation Policy (published as R.10/2012) sets the requirement for all allocations from Contingency to be considered by the Council of Ministers prior to submission to the Minister for approval. To comply with P.67/1999 which charges the Minister for Treasury and Resources to regulate the number of persons that may be employed by the States. The Council of Ministers agreed funding for this purpose at their meeting of 26th April 2017.
Resource Implications: The Constitutional and Community Affairs Department (CCA) revenue head of expenditure to increase by up to £412,744 in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Law Officers’ Department (LOD) revenue head of expenditure to increase by up to £458,000 in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. Central Contingences to decrease by up to £870,744 in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. There will also be increase in staffing levels of 7.0 FTEs in the Constitutional and Community Affairs Department (CCA) and 5.0 FTEs in the Law Officers’ Department (LOD) for the years 2017 to 2019. The recurring costs and the FTE requirement will be subject to a growth bid in the 2020 Medium Term Financial Plan. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017 - 2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to advise the Finance Director – CCA and the Accounting Officer, LOD once this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: